09/30/09 - Obama Plans Internet Grab: FCC to Embrace 'Net Neutrality' Sunday, September 20, 2009 7:16 PM By: John O. Edwards Article Font Size Since the Internet took root as a mass communications phenomenon in the mid 1990s, a quiet war has raged in Washington over the extent to which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would regulate the new medium. Until, now the Internet has been largely self-regulated, and the FCC has taken a hands-off approach. But that could change dramatically soon if the Obama administration has its way. During the weekend, press reports revealed a stunning development: The Obama administration will announce Monday that the FCC would propose new rules to embrace what it calls "Net Neutrality." Obama's new Federal Communications Commission chairman, Julius Genachowski, will use a speech to the Brookings Institution, a liberal think tank, to announce the FCC proposals, according to those reports. On the face of it, Net Neutrality appears to be a popular and fair proposal. Genachowski will "propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks," according to the Associated Press.

09/07/09 - Hate speech law unconstitutional: rights tribunal Joseph Brean, National Post -- The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on Wednesday ruled that Section 13, Canada's much maligned human rights hate speech law, violates the Charter right to free expression because it carries the threat of punitive fines. The shocking decision by Tribunal member Athanasios Hadjis leaves several hate speech cases in limbo, and appears to strip the Canadian Human Rights Commission of its controversial legal mandate to pursue hate on the Internet, which it has strenuously defended against complaints of censorship.

09/07/09 - Tribunal declares Internet hate speech law unconstitutional -- By John Ward, The Canadian Press ADVERTISEMENT OTTAWA - A ruling from a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal member says a controversial law banning Internet hate messages is unconstitutional because it violates free speech protections. Athanasios Hadjis ruled Wednesday that section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act violates Charter protections. While this decision doesn't throw out the law - that's something for the courts - it did let accused hatemonger Marc Lemire off the hook, because Hadjis refused to penalize him or order him to stop posting his messages.

08/26/09 - REAL ID Back From The Dead -- Richard Esguerra Electronic Frontier Foundation August 24, 2009 In February, the opponents of REAL ID were given a bit of hope when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that she wanted to repeal the REAL ID Act, the federal government?s failed plan to impose a national identification card through state driver?s licenses. But what has taken place since is no return to sanity, as political machinations have produced a cosmetic makeover called ?PASS ID? that has revived the push for a national identification card. The PASS ID Act (S. 1261) seeks to make many of the same ineffectual, dangerous changes the REAL ID Act attempted to impose. Fundamentally, PASS ID operates on the same flawed premise of REAL ID ? that requiring various ?identity documents? (and storing that information in databases for later access) will magically make state drivers? licenses more legitimate, which will in turn improve national security.

07/10/09 - Pope Proposes New Financial Order -- Pope Benedict XVI has called for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good in the third encyclical of his pontificate. (July 7)

07/10/09 - What the G8 pledges mean -- he G8 summit in Italy has closed with world leaders pledging $20bn to help boost food supplies in the developing world. There were also agreements among both developed and developing nations that global temperatures must not be allowed to rise to dangerous levels. BBC correspondents at the G8 give their analysis on the main developments. Follow the links below to jump directly to their analysis.

06/26/09 - The Bio-Information Age is now here -- Over the last 25 years totally silent and very effective wireless neuro-stimulator technology has been developed - in essence, a phenomenally precise nervous system control method is here now. It will eventually cover the Globe.

06/22/09 - CRIMINAL CHARGES TO FILE AGAINST GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE PARTIES AND WHO Dr Chan MD and OTHER PARTIES and VACCINE MANUFACTURERS INVOLVED IN FORCED VACCINATION BY GOVERNMENT WHO UN EDICT -- DOCUMENT BOILERPLATE TO SUBMIT TO DA'S OFFICES IN US, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS AND FED IN CANADA, AND COUNTRIES EVERYWHERE !

06/22/09 - Mousavi, Celebrated in Iranian Protests, Was the Butcher of Beirut -- By Jeff Stein -- He may yet turn out to be the avatar of Iranian democracy, but three decades ago Mir-Hossein Mousavi was waging a terrorist war on the United States that included bloody attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine Corps barracks in Beirut. Mousavi, prime minister for most of the 1980s, personally selected his point man for the Beirut terror campaign, Ali Akbar Mohtashemi-pur, and dispatched him to Damascus as Iran's ambassador, according to former CIA and military officials.

06/12/09 - UPDATE 2-Landmark US tobacco regulation bill goes to Obama -- By Susan Heavey -- * House passes final version of tobacco bill, 307-97 -- * Obama hails measure, will sign it into law -- * Health groups laud bill, smaller companies disappointed (Recasts lead, adds details, background, reaction throughout) -- WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - A landmark bill giving the U.S. government for the first time broad regulatory power over cigarettes and other tobacco products won final approval in Congress on Friday, and President Barack Obama said he would quickly sign it into law.

06/02/09 - UPDATE 1-'Make or break' time for US health reform - Obama -- WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama stepped up efforts to build public support for a broad revamp of U.S. healthcare on Tuesday, saying the country could no longer afford the soaring costs of the current system that leaves millions without medical coverage.

05/30/09 - Seizing Power and Property -- By Deanna Spingola -- May 30, 2009 -- Governments, local, county, state or federal, are artificial entities created by the people. Governments, collective organizations, were created to protect the life, liberty and property of each and every person.

05/27/09 - Make sure fingerprints exist before traveling the globe -- Most people give their fingerprints little thought, simply assuming they're at the tips of their hands where they belong. And if they're undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer, like a recent traveler to the United States, they have considerably more important things to worry about anyway. But that fingerprint assumption can make for a travel nightmare. A cancer patient from Singapore who was attempting to visit relatives in the United States was held up for four hours in customs because officials couldn't detect his fingerprints. His chemotherapy drug, capecitabine, had caused them to disappear.

05/25/09 - Church of Scientology on trial in France -- The Church of Scientology and six of its French leaders went on trial on Monday on charges of organised fraud that could lead to an outright ban on the organisation in France. Known for its Hollywood celebrity followers Tom Cruise and John Travolta, the group is in the dock in Paris for the second time in six years, although French courts have prosecuted several individual Scientologists since 1978. The court is hearing a complaint from two women, one of whom alleges she was manipulated into handing over 20,000 euros (28,000 dollars) for costly Scientology products, such as an "electrometer" to measure mental energy.